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fly gallery

American  

noun

Theater.

  1. a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.

Etymology

Origin of fly gallery

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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John and I are standing four stories up from Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in the National Theatre’s fly gallery, the space that overlooks the stage.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2017

Best place from which to watch them at work is 44 feet above the stage, in the gloom of a narrow fly gallery.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has an orchestra pit, folding chairs and well-equipped fly gallery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlie Suhren puts away his cards and climbs up to the fly gallery to change the colors on his spotlights.

From Time Magazine Archive

About ten feet from the front of the fly gallery I saw a bright light.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

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